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TKthunder2

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  1. Yes the AAC’s TV deal is better…for now. Memphis and Tulane are getting a bigger share of it so they aren’t going anywhere other than if they are invited by the P4…for now. Moving to the Sun Belt would be a clear step down for the AAC teams, I simply stated that in Louisiana Tech’s nonP4 dream scenario that is the best case scenario what they could wish for.
  2. The reason is their president and AD have never wanted to associate with ULM. But they realize the writing is on the wall this time as the Sun Belt is a better conference with a better TV deal which also limits travel costs. The 6 teams in the Sun Belt Western division is basically a bus league for LA Tech while CUSA has maybe 4? teams they could bus to. LA Tech would prefer to join the American with UAB/Memphis but has seen programs like UNT, UTSA, FAU, and UNCC pass them by. The Sun Belt with Southern Miss, App State, Georgia Southern, Marshall, and Coastal Carolina are far more attractive than anything left in CUSA. Add in Memphis and ECU for 16 and the Sun Belt would be nearly perfect for them (their unrealistic dream would be to drop both the Bama schools and ULM for UAB, Tulane and Rice).
  3. Sac State leaving Big Sky and joining Big West in all sports but football (Independent but trying to move up to FBS) https://newuniversity.org/2025/06/24/california-state-university-sacramento-to-join-big-west-in-2026/ Two Utah schools (Utah Tech and Southern Utah) and joining the Big Sky https://www.montanasports.com/college/big-sky-conference-adding-southern-utah-utah-tech Texas schools (Tarleton, UTA, Abilene Christian) are staying in the WAC (keeping tournament bids and exit fees) and bringing in the Eastern based football schools (West GA, North Bama, Austin Peay (TN), Eastern Kentucky, and Central Arkansas) from the Atlantic Sun into the WAC and rebranding under their football league’s name United Athletic Conference. https://fbschedules.com/multiple-fcs-football-leagues-realigning-per-report/
  4. This is a weak announcement. 5 year “extension” for 3 games on CBS with no dollars disclosed…
  5. https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/espn-1-billion-deal-aac-espn-plus.html 12 year deal signed in 2019 when they had Houston, SMU, Cincy, and UCF. They have since expanded and diluted the per school number by adding UNCC, FAU, UNT, UTSA, UAB, and Rice as full members plus Army as football only. If Memphis, Tulane, USF, ECU moved to the Sun Belt that conference would be head and shoulders over the AAC if they were to renegotiate the TV contracts tomorrow.
  6. Yeah I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. App State has fairly good brand power. Not claiming they are Boise State but they are up there and are way better than Charlotte. The Sun Belt has gone after good football schools with passionate fans bases. ECU fits that mold more so than any Eastern school in the American Conference.
  7. Because in this new era of college football markets don’t mean as much. Eyeballs and fan engagement mean more. If you don’t have a major national TV contract then markets mean next to nothing. The American and the PAC12 are both on the cusp of this size. But the Sun Belt and MAC have proved that having a smaller regional conference of passionate fans is still a good TV product for casual fans. For now ECU chasing the money is not a bad strategy, but if they are trying to drive more regional interest and fan engagement playing then the Sun Belt is a far better fit. The “local” teams for ECU in the American are Charlotte, UAB, a pair of South Florida schools, Temple, Army and Navy. Everyone else is basically on or West of the Mississippi River. The local teams in the Sun Belt are App State, Coastal, Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and a trio in the Virginias. These are more similar to ECU’s profile and would drive more engagement and future dollars.
  8. Because they are in a state with 1/3rd the population of Texas with 4 schools in the P4 and 2 others in the G5. They just aren’t going to move the needle for realignment. Pairing them with App State would be far better for them than putting them with UNC-Charlotte (if there wasn’t money involved).
  9. So if what is being reported is true… Texas State > PAC12 LA Tech > Sun Belt Tarleton State > CUSA That mean that the remaining WAC: UT-Arlington (no fb), Abilene Christian, Utah Tech, Southern Utah Seems like UTA and ACU should beg the Southland for an invite at this point. Weird that they haven’t already… Sac State appears to be leaving the Big Sky so maybe the Utah schools lands there and the WAC can finally be put out of its misery.
  10. Sam Houston’s football stadium seats 12,000. They belong in FCS. Louisiana Tech is a good fit for the Sun Belt (so is WKU). Chasing markets is how CUSA fell below the Sun Belt in the pecking order. Markets at this level aren’t very important. Fan engagement and travel costs are the priority. ESPN/FOX aren’t paying for Sun Belt content for national audiences. They are paying for it to drive users to their streaming services/apps. Eyeballs are more important than markets at the G5 level. (All that being said, I wouldn’t blame them for going after FIU for the size of the school and market)
  11. We all assume so. I think the league might have preferred UNLV but Texas State seems to be the best realistic candidate with the MWC locked up and the AAC teams turning them down. These are the only real remaining options: Texas State NMSU Sac State other FCS (think Montana or NDSU)
  12. He’s wrong they only have 3.
  13. Its on ESPN+. they already said it was TK.
  14. Fuck yeah, Hook’em ladies!
  15. Some big pussies on this thread.
  16. 3 outs, 6 outs…don’t give a shit
  17. Fuck Tech and fuck these video replay cunts
  18. Last year Iowa State would have made the 16 team playoff along with Arizona State in the 44/22/13 model. With the 5/11 model Iowa State would have been out just like with the current 12 model. I just don’t see how turning down a free playoff spot most years is in anyway beneficial to the Big 12. If they have multiple years as a single bid league they will not be able to justify a potential 2nd bid the next time this comes up for negotiation and TV viewership will start treating Big 12 football like they treat other one bid leagues in basketball (where they only watch the championship game). This would destroy the Big 12.
  19. Which is dumb. He/they care more about perception than reality. I’m good with either option but from the Big 12’s point of view Klatt is 100% correct, this is a horrible move.
  20. Yeah I was pissed she didn’t score until I realized they only had one out.
  21. I just accidentally cussed in front of my kids when she hit that bomb. Something like fucking shit fuck Fuck OU
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